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states. -- critial sectors in the united states. how concerned are you about that increased activity? what can you tell us about it in terms of what they are after and how serious it is? >> first as you know, we are under constant cyber attacks, including the large part of our infrastructure that heare privately owned. telecommunications, electric power grid, finance, all the rest. that is why we work so hard for the cyber security legislation. the recent cyber attacks on some major american financial institutions including the bank of america, jpmorgan chase, are a powerful example of our vulnerability. on an islamist extremist website a few days ago, these attacks were announced. they were explains that it was -- they were explained that it was their intention to attack the banks and new york stock exchange in response to the anti-muslim video. i do not believe these were just hackers who were skilled enough to cause the destruction of the website of cyberspace of bank of -- to cause the disruption of the website of the cyberspace
states. -- critial sectors in the united states. how concerned are you about that increased activity? what can you tell us about it in terms of what they are after and how serious it is? >> first as you know, we are under constant cyber attacks, including the large part of our infrastructure that heare privately owned. telecommunications, electric power grid, finance, all the rest. that is why we work so hard for the cyber security legislation. the recent cyber attacks on some major...
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government should respond and what kind of tensions iran in the united states are having. certainly it is a question of are we seeing go back from recent cyber attacks on iran -- are we seeing retaliation for recent cyber attacks on iran? are we seeing the repercussions from that with the iranian government responding and what kind of questions does that create? >> this is one person saying this. it is senator joseph lieberman. >> it is significant. of the home and thhe is chairmn security committee. one of his legacy as is common security and terrorism. -- legacies is security and terrorism. >> there is an an independent review from the state department. >> he did say he and senator collins asked the general to do independent review. he said they would probably want to wait to not overtake the ongoing investigation by the state department. he would like to see it happen now. >> do you think that congress will do their own investigation? what happens next? what happens next? >> i do not
government should respond and what kind of tensions iran in the united states are having. certainly it is a question of are we seeing go back from recent cyber attacks on iran -- are we seeing retaliation for recent cyber attacks on iran? are we seeing the repercussions from that with the iranian government responding and what kind of questions does that create? >> this is one person saying this. it is senator joseph lieberman. >> it is significant. of the home and thhe is chairmn...
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the only way to get them to vote to maintain the full faith and credit of the united states was to agree to this deal in which both parties bound themselves to these cuts which is called sequestration. this was the deal. this is what everyone agreed to after this climactic battle. this was the democrats basically appeasing the republicans who had exempted themselves from the normal procedures of governance on the deal of sequestration. now mitt romney is saying this deal is terrible. the president, what a terrible person the president is for signing on to this deal, and my running mate who approved the deal, awful person. and john mccain is running around saying terrible deal. they want to cut defense spending. to me it's like, wait a second, they won't even live up to the deal they themselves made months ago, how can we govern? what is the second term going to look like? >> isn't this part of the problem that obama was facing in this speech? i think a lot of people were disappointed in this speech because one of the things we all loved -- those of us who loved obama in 2008 loved the fa
the only way to get them to vote to maintain the full faith and credit of the united states was to agree to this deal in which both parties bound themselves to these cuts which is called sequestration. this was the deal. this is what everyone agreed to after this climactic battle. this was the democrats basically appeasing the republicans who had exempted themselves from the normal procedures of governance on the deal of sequestration. now mitt romney is saying this deal is terrible. the...
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we can gut education or we can decide that in the united states of america no child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school. no family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don't have the money. no company should have to look for workers overseas because they couldn't find any with the right skills here at home. that's not our future. s not our futu [ cheering and applause ] >> that is not our future. [ cheering and applause ] >> a government has a role in this, but teachers must inspire. principals must lead. parents must instill a thirst for learning and students, you got to do the work. to do the work. and together i promise you we can outeducate and outcompete any nation on earth. on earth. so help me. help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers within 10 years and improve early childhood education. help give 2 million workers the chance to learn skills that their community college -- at their community college that will lead directly to a job. help us work with colleges and universities to cut in half the g
we can gut education or we can decide that in the united states of america no child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school. no family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don't have the money. no company should have to look for workers overseas because they couldn't find any with the right skills here at home. that's not our future. s not our futu [ cheering and applause ] >> that is not our future. [ cheering and...
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. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: oh, my god, thank god, i was so sure he was going to break up with us. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god! he still thinks we can make this work. so america sat down, leaned forward and waited to see if he would deliver that old obama magic. >> we believe that when a c.e.o. pays his auto workers enough to buy the cars that they built, the whole company does better. we believe that when a family can no longer be tricked into signing a mortgage they can't afford, that family's protected, but so is the value of other people's homes. we believe the little girl who is offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher on a grant for college could become next steve jobs. >> jon: ♪ we believe we can fly ♪ he had it again. but every moment of soaring rhetoric was tempered with a more sober reality. >> i won't pretend the path i am offering is quick or easy. i never have. >> jon: ♪ we believe we can fly. . but obviously flying carries with it some inherent risk. in 2008, candidate obama paint
. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: oh, my god, thank god, i was so sure he was going to break up with us. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god! he still thinks we can make this work. so america sat down, leaned forward and waited to see if he would deliver that old obama magic. >> we believe that when a c.e.o. pays his auto workers enough to buy the cars that they built, the whole company does better. we believe that...
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when you think about who is the united states fighting a war against? that will actually frame it not been anti-islamic terms, but the united states has authorized the use of force against al qaeda, taliban, and associated forces, all of which are islamic groups of one sort or another. to confuse that with the problem being one that is essentially religious in nature will spear -- samir a lot of people in this a lot of terrorists. to go the critics would say something like the fort hood shooting, a potential terrorist attacks the were overlooked out of an abundance of political correctness were people were so fearful of being labeled as biggest that they did not say things about a colleague that they should have. ." >> you may be right on that. if you have someone talking in a very violent way, animated by what ever concern, and you suppress those concerns because you are afraid of an allegation of prejudice against the group he is speaking in a very violent extreme way as purporting to represent, i suppose you probably earned the criticism, but that do
when you think about who is the united states fighting a war against? that will actually frame it not been anti-islamic terms, but the united states has authorized the use of force against al qaeda, taliban, and associated forces, all of which are islamic groups of one sort or another. to confuse that with the problem being one that is essentially religious in nature will spear -- samir a lot of people in this a lot of terrorists. to go the critics would say something like the fort hood...
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and that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. [cheering] we can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. after a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we are getting back to basics and doing what americans have always done best, we are making things again. i have met workers in detroit and toledo who feared they would never build another american car. and today, they can't build them fast enough because we re-invented a dying auto industry that is back on the top of the world. i have worked with business leaders who are bringing jobs back to america, not because our workers make less pay but because we make better products, because we work harder and smarter than anyone else. i signed trade agreements that are helping our companies sell more goods to millions of new customer, goods that are stamped with three proud words -- made in america! [cheering] [crowd chanting u-s-a]. >> and after a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last tw
and that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. [cheering] we can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. after a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we are getting back to basics and doing what americans have always done best, we are making things again. i have met workers in detroit and toledo who feared they would never build another american car. and today, they can't build them fast enough because we...
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the right to vote in the united states is a fragile right and we don't take care of it very well. >> not only is it legally on shaky crowd, because it's firmly inshrined in the constitution, but we have election districts scattered around the united states. many of them making up rules many of them underfunded many without proper training for all of them involved and all of them subject to partisanship many who want to alter or bend the rules. >> eliot: partisanship has gotten in the way of easy reform that could overcome these mechanical problems. i want to raise one more constitutional challenge, which is the electoral challenge. what is this that we're talking about and why do we have it any more? >> it's a vestige of the 18th century. as it stands, it works and warps to voters. >> eliot: explain that. >> sure, basically in order to win the presidency you've got to get 270 electoral college votes. and you know, what you can basically do is really quickly take a look at which ones are solid. which one are guaranteed. >> eliot: democrats will win new york, why spend monday there. >>
the right to vote in the united states is a fragile right and we don't take care of it very well. >> not only is it legally on shaky crowd, because it's firmly inshrined in the constitution, but we have election districts scattered around the united states. many of them making up rules many of them underfunded many without proper training for all of them involved and all of them subject to partisanship many who want to alter or bend the rules. >> eliot: partisanship has gotten in...
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with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and the , and the embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology, and i think was a severe miscalculation. the statements were inappropriate. and in my view, a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for american values. >> "a part of the u.s. government was under attack." mitt romney responded while the attack was still going on, to attack that same part of the u.s. government. called the actions of embassy personnel in egypt, "disgrace "disgraceful." just like in previous situations, some of t
with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and the , and the embassy is the...
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states treasury, eclipsed $16 trillion debt level collectively, what we owe as a nation, now, going over $16 trillion. now, republicans are, they were itching for it last week, but they are probably just as happy to see it as the democrats have it happen here. if you are just tuning in, $16 trillion, a new milestone, it is a huge sum as we have been reminded by many times like spending $900,000 every hour since jesus christ was born and you would still not come up to $16 trillion. what do do you to get it under control? >>guest: the mitt romney plan they have outlined, that would make that substantially worse at $3 trillion to $5 trillion of tax cuts that you try to pay for in addition to whatever deficit reduction you have. >>neil: you are not part of the ronald reagan school this activity brings revenue to the government. >>guest: tax cuts do not pay for themselves. we have decades of evidence. >>neil: they do spur growth? >>guest: depending which rates they are, they can spur some growth but they do not in any way create a laffer curve that generates its revenue. >>neil: if you w
states treasury, eclipsed $16 trillion debt level collectively, what we owe as a nation, now, going over $16 trillion. now, republicans are, they were itching for it last week, but they are probably just as happy to see it as the democrats have it happen here. if you are just tuning in, $16 trillion, a new milestone, it is a huge sum as we have been reminded by many times like spending $900,000 every hour since jesus christ was born and you would still not come up to $16 trillion. what do do...
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. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [ cheers and applause ] >> that smile on her face, and we have a camera, our own special camera, watching behind the podium. look what happened. she's going off stage, and there waiting for her is her astronaut husband. there he is, mark kelly, former commander and astronaut. what a hug that was. you know, i had a chance to meet with them earlier today because i spent time with her earlier. i think everyone could see, how hard she's been working, how much stronger she is. >> there was so much determination in her face and so much joy when she finished. giving a lot of joy to this crowd, firing them up right now, much like michele obama did two nights ago, president clinton last night, as character witnesses for barack obama, bringing them inside the white house. bailing out the auto companies and here's account he summed that up. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm here to tell you, but i think you already know, th
. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [ cheers and applause ] >> that smile on her face, and we have a camera, our own special camera, watching behind the podium. look what happened. she's going off stage, and there waiting for her is her astronaut husband. there he is, mark kelly, former commander and astronaut. what a hug that was. you know,...
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the cost to the war on drugs in the united states is $51 billion a year! what a giant waste of money. then one more set of facts for you guys. the number of people we incarcerate for drugs is insane. back in the 1970s we used to have 300,000 people in prison. now in 2010 we have 2.3 million people in president. one in three black men in the u.s. will be incarcerated between ages 18 and 30. half of all u.s. drug arrests are for marijuana--half! and more than 850,000 americans were arrested for marijuana in 2010, 88% were for possession alone. time to legalize. let's bring in betty from colorado. the advocacy director in the campaign to regulate marijuana. betty, we agree on this issue. the chances of this actually passing in colorado. those numbers look really good. are you guys hopeful? >> we are hopeful that we can end marijuana prohibition in colorado in 2012. it's a very exciting time, and i won't lie, we do have an uphill battle to fight against the riverrer madness scare tactics but we have a great chance to win in colorado this year. >> cenk: i got t
the cost to the war on drugs in the united states is $51 billion a year! what a giant waste of money. then one more set of facts for you guys. the number of people we incarcerate for drugs is insane. back in the 1970s we used to have 300,000 people in prison. now in 2010 we have 2.3 million people in president. one in three black men in the u.s. will be incarcerated between ages 18 and 30. half of all u.s. drug arrests are for marijuana--half! and more than 850,000 americans were arrested for...
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-- united states and only one of two that didn't need part funding. db2 for americans who live outside of the south may be in unknown bank, the tenth largest bank by assets. this one man did it and he did it by getting every single employee right down to the tellers to read "atlas shrugged" and why is he like john galt? remember john galt went on strike. he took his mind off the market in protest of a corrupt world. john allison retired when the federal government came to him in the financial crisis of 2008 and said you don't need the t.a.r.p. money. we are going to force you to take the t.a.r.p. money. we are taking over your bank just like we are taking over the rest of the banks and that is when he walked out and said enough. >> who were some of the villains and first of all and "atlas shrugged" and then how you fit them into your book on john galt? >> a lot of ayn rand fans remember that "atlas shrugged" was all about villains who were people and government, regulators, politicians. that is true. there are a share of those but the worst villains i
-- united states and only one of two that didn't need part funding. db2 for americans who live outside of the south may be in unknown bank, the tenth largest bank by assets. this one man did it and he did it by getting every single employee right down to the tellers to read "atlas shrugged" and why is he like john galt? remember john galt went on strike. he took his mind off the market in protest of a corrupt world. john allison retired when the federal government came to him in the...
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. >> i am honored to accept your nomination for president of the united states. wait. this is not my speech! prompter guy can we pull up my speech, please? this is awkward. >> you see this platform is a clear choice. between economic pathways forward or back, inclusion or exclusion, grow together as a nation or be a country of savage disparity that's favor the fortunate few. over the greatest driving force of any economy. a large and robust middle class. >> this nation has been through hard times. but those hard times have hardened our resolve. i'm ready to do the difficult work for a second. i want to do that work with barack obama and not a tea party i'd hola log. we can move america forward but we can only do it together. >> republicans tell us that in the most prosperus among us do even better that somehow, the rest of us will, too. folks... we've heard that before. first they called it trickle down. they called it fly side. now it's romney ryan or is it ryan romney. either way, it's been tested. it failed. the economy failed. middle class paid the price, mitt romn
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. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama revealed, the man, the president." >>> history in the making. >> i can't wait to tell my children about it. >> it was an historic moment. >> are you prepared to take the oath, senator? >> i am. i, barack hussein obama -- do solemnly swear to defend and protect the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> a new day with towering expectations. >> he looked at me and said, it's been an incredible ride, hasn't it? i said yeah. he said, it's just beginning. >> on this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. >> for many, barack obama
. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama...
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in the united states though we have only two parties represented in congress plus two independents joe lieberman and bernie sanders so why is that how have other democracies been able to break the two party to optimally that we here in america have not been able to well it in america we have something called first past the post elections are winner take all actions take the house of representatives for example there are four hundred thirty five seats each corresponding to a specific congressional district h. district a list of candidates run for office whatever candidate gets the most votes wins the one seat that's up for grabs and everyone else loses and gets nothing. even if the winner wins by just one vote he wins it all the loser gets nothing that's a winner take all election but only a handful of democracies actually nine of them have winner take all actions like we do in the united states in fact in more than ninety other democracies around the world they don't have winner take all actions like we do they have something called proportional representation and that's one key to bre
in the united states though we have only two parties represented in congress plus two independents joe lieberman and bernie sanders so why is that how have other democracies been able to break the two party to optimally that we here in america have not been able to well it in america we have something called first past the post elections are winner take all actions take the house of representatives for example there are four hundred thirty five seats each corresponding to a specific...
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the united states has always supported those positions. obama's people pull it out of the platform and the president chooses not to put it back in. very significant. >> sean: what do you make of -- we have two issues. number 1, the reaction to what i thought was a pretty stale, boring, cut-and-paste speech last night and the issue of the economy, the economic numbers that came out today, i mean, a net loss of another couple hundred thousand jobs, when you include the people who have left the labor force. your reaction? >> well, i think that the -- to me, i suppose in visual terms, you are right, the defining moment is that vote. i think that is likely to be remembered. but i think that in political terms, the enormous blunder was when speaker after speaker said, yes, we are better off now than we were four years ago. and that became a logo of this convention and it is very clear that the american people dont agree. and fortunately, romney is alert to it. they are pouncing right away and in all of the swing states he is running ads, where h
the united states has always supported those positions. obama's people pull it out of the platform and the president chooses not to put it back in. very significant. >> sean: what do you make of -- we have two issues. number 1, the reaction to what i thought was a pretty stale, boring, cut-and-paste speech last night and the issue of the economy, the economic numbers that came out today, i mean, a net loss of another couple hundred thousand jobs, when you include the people who have left...
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and the destruction of the united states. they believe that its existence is an affront and runs counter to islamic values. >> that's why these local jihads cannot be allowed, cannot be ignored. we should learn this lesson from what happened after the soviets left afghanistan, turn mood a calderon of infighting where we thought well let's leave it to them to work it out it was a mistake. and it came back to haunt us on 9/11, 11 years ago. >> rose: go ahead. >> we still think bobby that we can return afghanistan to what it was in the 70s and 80s that the u.s. can withdraw and go home and forget about it that is really the basis of the strategy today. >> that is a delusion. >> rose: thank you so much. it is always good to you have wherever i am, thank you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: bobby ghosh, the agents of outrage, an embassy attack, diplomats murdered, the new calculus of violence against america. here is the last paragraph. the new normal isn't as perilous as in pakistan but as the dem october cease of the middle east
and the destruction of the united states. they believe that its existence is an affront and runs counter to islamic values. >> that's why these local jihads cannot be allowed, cannot be ignored. we should learn this lesson from what happened after the soviets left afghanistan, turn mood a calderon of infighting where we thought well let's leave it to them to work it out it was a mistake. and it came back to haunt us on 9/11, 11 years ago. >> rose: go ahead. >> we still think...
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. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama revealed, the man, the president." >>> it was an historic moment. >> prepare to take the oath, senator? >> i am. i, barack hussein obama -- >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> a new day with towering expectations. >> he looked at me and said, it's been an incredible ride, hasn't it? i said, yeah. he said, it's just beginning. >> on this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear. unity of purpose over conflict and discord. >> for many, barack obama and his presidency symbolized much more than political change. >> obama, obama, obama! >> for the sons and daughters of slaves, their offspring, for people who
. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama...
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states senate, to the vice presidency of the united states. [applause] and we all know from his incredible speech last night that he has been side by side with the president's, fighting to make sure that we open the doors of opportunity for all americans, working to create good jobs and to invest in education, to make health care and retirement and schools affordable for everyone. it is what he has fought for his entire career. [applause] and we know joe biden is also a very smart guy. we know this because we have met the woman that he married. jill biden, isn't she great? [applause] when she and michelle got together to support military families, they made this country so proud, and they have made such a great difference for military families across this country. [applause] now, i do have to tell you that i do have one problem with barack obama's choosing joe biden as his vice president, and that was that i never got to serve with him in the united states senate. but i am very proud to be here, to introduce our vice president, a person that i
states senate, to the vice presidency of the united states. [applause] and we all know from his incredible speech last night that he has been side by side with the president's, fighting to make sure that we open the doors of opportunity for all americans, working to create good jobs and to invest in education, to make health care and retirement and schools affordable for everyone. it is what he has fought for his entire career. [applause] and we know joe biden is also a very smart guy. we know...
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i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling he could be president of the united states someday and i always joke that he was at the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide taepattent. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to sayment i want to wrap up my story in the american story. for the next three weeks, he was writing on little pieces of paper and he pulled it all together. >> in the red states and blue stalts, red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. i've got news for him, too. we were an awesome guy in the blue states and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states. >> there were people who were kind, and halfway through i said, this guy's life is changed and i
i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling he could be president of the united states someday and i always joke that he was at the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide taepattent. he soon got a...